Open AccessThe ability of strains of Klebsiella aerogenes to survive on the hands
Author(s) -
Cooke Em,
Edmondson As,
W. Starkey
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-14-4-443
Subject(s) - enterobacter aerogenes , outbreak , klebsiella , klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , transmissibility (structural dynamics) , biology , virology , enterobacteriaceae , escherichia coli , genetics , vibration isolation , quantum mechanics , vibration , gene , physics
The ability of Klebsiella aerogenes strains isolated from outbreaks of infection, from sporadic infections and from the environment to survive on hands were compared. Considered as groups, the outbreak strains survived best and the environmental strains least well. The possible importance of these observations in relation to outbreaks of Klebsiella infection in hospitals and to heterogeneity of pathogenic potential and transmissibility in Klebsiella aerogenes is discussed.